Office of the Registrar

Waitlisting

CSI will be introducing waitlisting starting with the Spring 2013 registration which begins November 5th. This first time around waitlisting will only be available for the following courses:

ENGL 090, ENGL 101

MATH 025, MATH 108, MATH 143

COMM 101

CISA 101

MUSI 100

Starting with Summer/Fall 2013 registration (April 2013), waitlisting will be available for all courses.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

What is waitlisting?

The waitlist feature allows students to place themselves in line to enroll in a closed class (a class that is full because the maximum enrollment limit has been reached) as seats become available. This tool is designed to give students a chance to communicate with us their intent/desire to register into a course that is full.

How will it work?

After courses fill up, students will be able to add themselves to the waitlist in MyCSI

Students can also be added to the waitlist by registration staff when registering with paper form

Students are placed on the waitlist in the order in which they requested to waitlist the class (first come first served)

Being on the waitlist DOES NOT mean that students are registered in the course - it merely shows the student’s intent that he/she would like to register for the course

Waitlisting a class DOES NOT guarantee a spot in the course

Students will be able to see their position/rank on each waitlisted class in MyCSI, and monitor/manage their registrations/waitlists accordingly (decide if they want to stay on the waitlist or choose another section)

Registration staff in the Admissions and Records Office will be managing the waitlist

As spots open up in various courses, registration staff will put students from the waitlist into courses (based on the students’ position on the waitlist; first on the waitlist, first registered in the course)

Students will be notified via e-mail when they are moved from the waitlist into a course

Important:

If students waitlist themselves in more than one section of the same course, once they are placed/registered into any of those waitlisted sections, they will be dropped from the waitlist for the other sections - they can choose to get back on the waitlist prior to the deadline, but they will go to the back of the line so to speak

When students are registered in one section and they waitlist themselves in another section of the same course, if a spot opens up in the waitlisted section and they are first on the waitlist and placed into the waitlisted section, they will be dropped from the other section in which they initially enrolled. Example: Student Jane Doe registered in ENGL 101 C01 andwaitlisted herself in ENGL 101 C02. If a spot opens up in ENGL 101 C02 and she is first on the waitlist and is put into ENGL 101 C02, she will be dropped from ENGL 101 C01. Basically, when students are registered into a section and end up waitlisting another section, the assumption will be that the waitlisted section is the preferred section (the section they really would like to be registered in), but since no space was available in that section, they chose to register into another section (second choice), as a backup plan. However, if they can get into the preferred section, they no longer want the second choice section.

Notes

When a student is moved from the waitlist into the course, the student is officially registered in that course

Students may waitlist classes any time during registration/add/drop period

The number of courses/credits on the waitlist do NOT count towards the student’s full-time/ part-time status or financial aid eligibility until they actually move from the waitlist into the course

Once moved from the waitlist into a course, students are responsible for payment of tuition and fees and meeting all applicable deadlines

When department chairs will conclude that a sufficient number of students are on the waitlist for a certain course, they will open new sections for that course. If a new section will be opened, students on the waitlist will be notified so they can decide whether the new section meets their needs and whether they would like to register for that section. Important: students on the waitlist will be given a specific timeframe within which to respond, after which the section will be opened to all students to register.

At the end of the add/drop period all unsatisfied waitlists will expire (wait lists will be cleared)